KIPP Memphis Academy Middle

KIPP Memphis Academy Middle is one of the middle-of-the-pack unified-grade schools in Memphis, Tennessee, run under Memphis-Shelby County Schools, with students from the surrounding community on its rolls from grade M.

Across the 211 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools (111,979 students total), KIPP Memphis Academy Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the economic backdrop, KIPP Memphis Academy Middle runs at roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.3:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Shelby County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which KIPP Memphis Academy Middle is one.

KIPP Memphis Collegiate High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP Memphis Academy Middle.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. KIPP Memphis Academy Middle is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 5 years, enrollment at KIPP Memphis Academy Middle has fell 41%, going from 388 students in 2018 to 228 in 2023. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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